diff --git a/tests/SConscript b/tests/SConscript
index e914ca001..0a3b5e314 100644
--- a/tests/SConscript
+++ b/tests/SConscript
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ artifacts['testsuite'] = ts = ( [ testExecutable(env, dir) for dir in ['lib','co
 
 
 
+# for creating a Valgrind-Suppression file
+vgsuppr = env.Program('#$BINDIR/vgsuppression','tool/vgsuppression.c', LIBS=core)   ## for suppressing false valgrind alarms
+artifacts['tools'] += [vgsuppr]
+Depends(ts,vgsuppr)
 
 
 #
diff --git a/tests/tool/SConscript b/tests/tool/SConscript
deleted file mode 100644
index 83e25b99d..000000000
--- a/tests/tool/SConscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# -*- python -*-
-##
-## SConscript  -  SCons buildscript for tool subdirectory (called by SConstruct)
-##
-
-Import('env','envGtk','artifacts','core')
-
-support_lib = artifacts['support']
-
-vgsuppr = env.Program('#$BINDIR/vgsuppression','vgsuppression.c', LIBS=core)              ## for suppressing false valgrind alarms
-
-# build additional test 
-artifacts['tools'] = [vgsuppr]
-